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Fairy Tales of Ireland
Fairy Tales of Ireland by WB Yeats, published by Young Lions, is a magical, lyrical collection of 20 stories chosen from those collected by the poet. Mostly they tell of fairies, giants and witches from the Otherworld, and the dealings… Continue reading
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A Mad Mother and a ‘Well Hidden’ Family
Queen Victoria was on the throne of England when William Peacock married Miranda Mirova. The couple are very young, barely out of childhood, but he is the precociously talented editor of a literary magazine and she is the most famous… Continue reading
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A Place where Lepers were Outcast…
We passed this sign whilst out walking during our Cumbrian holiday. It’s the name of an area, like a hamlet, which is certainly not big enough to be a village, and is now part of Ulverston. According to a local… Continue reading
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Woods, Sea and Stars…
Woods etc. has a rather plain cover, so instead,here is a picture in Seawood, at Bardsea, Cumbria. I love Alice Oswald’s ‘Dart’, and ‘A Sleepwalk On The Severn’, which are both long poems, but hadn’t read any of her shorter… Continue reading
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Lupins, Radishes, and Triangular Dances
August has come, and has clothed the hills with golden lupins, and filled the grassy banks with harebells. The yellow fields of lupins are so gorgeous on cloudless days that I have neglected the forests lately and drive in the… Continue reading
The Book Trunk 